Begun These oil paintings have their first layer down. Finished These paintings are dry, scanned, and delivered to their stores. (And in the category of Wishful Thinking, perhaps they are sold.) Improved These paintings have some minor items added to make them a smidge better.
March: Long Month, Learning and Thoughts
THOUGHTS 1. Mike Rowe’s podcast, The Way I Heard It, is a great source of learning. In relistening to episode 271, an interview with Michael Shellenberger, I thought Shellenberger was stealing my thoughts. He said he drives a 2002 Honda Accord because he loves it, he is cheap, and dumping all that steel and other […]
A Day Off in the Life of a Frugal Artist
Yeppers, it is April First, but as unusual as this post is, it is entirely sincere. Your Central California artist lives a very frugal life. Last Friday I became aware (yet again) that frugality is just automatic, built into my DNA perhaps. Have a look at the stuff that fills my days off and brings […]
Some People Dislike Mondays
I’m not one of those people. The only day I don’t like is any day I have to go down the hill. But I only dislike the day while I am fixin’ to leave, because in spring, the drive is beautiful. Going down with a list of stops doesn’t make me happy, so I try […]
Working Through the List on the Commissioned Oil Painting
And writing the longest blog title ever. Does this look finished to you? It’s not. When I was driving home a few evenings ago, I really studied the way the ridges change color as they recede into the distance. So, I messed with them again. The differences are subtle, and now that I see it […]
Layering, Layering, Layering, Layering Some More.
The sky was bugging me, not just because of the uneven brush strokes. It seemed to be the wrong color. So, I repainted it. Yeppers, better. Those hills don’t look far enough away. So, I lightened them and made them duller in color. (a little shiny-wet here) Then I redid the dirt and the trees. […]
Painting Lots of Orange Things
When you look at my painting subjects, you might guess that orange is my favorite color. You’d be wrong. However, orange things are among my favorite things (not raindrops on roses). The poppy painting is on the easel for consideration and contemplation. How can I make it better? Does it need to be made better? […]
More Spring in Three Rivers
The lavender started blooming early this year. That isn’t a real lawn; it is mowed weeds that dry out when the rain quits and the heat begins. The Middle Fork of the mighty Kaweah River, looking downstream and upstream. The white-water is a little less than bright white because of the rain. (Ain’t nobody here […]
New Little Oil Paintings
This is the little studio where I draw, not the room where I paint. Jackson took my chair. This is the room where I paint, called the workshop. Two little poppy paintings, drying for Stem & Stone, a new gift shop in Three Rivers. One little sequoia, also drying for the new shop. Jackson joined […]
Drawing Workshop
Upcoming! Besides loving to draw, it makes me happy to help other people learn to draw. A friend named Anne Brown has been asking me for many years to give a workshop up here, and since she offered to host it and for whatever reason I now have some time, (OH, because I’m not preparing […]